A leading geologist has warned that plans for lower-volume fracking in northern England could cause earthquakes as large and unpredictable as high volume operations.

Mexico is considering a return to fracking as it looks to cut its heavy reliance on U.S. natural gas imports. President ...

Cuadrilla has withdrawn an application seeking a six-month extension of its oil exploration operations in a Sussex village which has become the centre of protests against fracking. The company said it ...

Councillors in East Yorkshire will be urged this week to confirm their authority’s opposition to hydraulic fracturing in the county.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

For years, fracking has been a hot topic of debate in the United States. The process works by drilling deep below the earth’s surface and extracting gas by injecting a high-pressure water mixture that ...

The reversal of Government support for fracking follows years of opposition from campaigners and local communities. Attempts to establish a UK shale gas industry proved slow and were thwarted by ...